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Australian ‘lives and homes’ at risk as bushfire nears Perth
Perth, Australia | By Agence France-Presse | Posted by Srivatsan K C
UPDATED ON JAN 04, 2021 10:45 AM IST
Residents in several suburbs south of Perth have been warned to be on watch as around 150 firefighters battled a blaze which has razed more than 230 hectares since Saturday.
India vs Australia: Cricket is insignificant when it comes to matters like bushfires - Aaron Finch
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JAN 10, 2020 03:53 PM IST
Australia will face India in their first ODI encounter on January 14 and Aaron Finch hopes that they will be able to give the people back home ‘something to smile about’.
‘Pray for Australia’ trends on Twitter as people pray for respite from fires. Scary videos flood Twitter too
New Delhi | By Indo Asian News Service
UPDATED ON JAN 05, 2020 07:36 PM IST
#PrayForAustralia trended on Twitter with 1.07 million tweets.
Australia, New Zealand players to pay tribute to personnel fighting bushfires
Sydney | By Indo Asian News Service
UPDATED ON JAN 02, 2020 01:25 PM IST
With many parts of the country in the grip of devastating fires and the death toll rising on Wednesday, the third Sydney Test will take place with a sombre backdrop and very likely under hazy skies.
12 dead, several missing as Australia counts the cost of devastating bushfires
Sydney | By Reuters
UPDATED ON JAN 01, 2020 11:25 AM IST
Fanned by soaring temperatures, columns of fire and smoke blackened entire towns in Australia, forcing thousands of residents and holidaymakers to seek shelter on beaches.
Exhausted kangaroo cools down in backyard pool as bushfires rage
MELBOURNE/SYDNEY | By Reuters
PUBLISHED ON DEC 23, 2019 05:12 PM IST
A family in the upper Hunter region of New South Wales filmed a kangaroo taking a dip in their swimming pool at the weekend as temperatures topped 42 Celsius.
Australian bushfires could destroy all koala habitat: Conservationists
Sydney | By Agencies
UPDATED ON NOV 25, 2019 06:44 AM IST
At least 350 of the marsupials living on a national reserve in the town of Port Macquarie in New South Wales, 300 kilometres north of Sydney, have died in the bushfires, the group Koala Conservation Australia said last week.
Dog abandoned as puppy helps find koalas injured in Australian bushfires
SYDNEY | By Reuters
UPDATED ON NOV 19, 2019 06:15 PM IST
Bear the dog, is trained to find both koalas and quolls, another small Australian marsupial, in the wild.
New blazes break out as Australians take shelter from intense bushfires
Sydney | By Reuters
UPDATED ON JUL 22, 2020 04:30 AM IST
A fire that erupted in Sydney’s northern suburbs in the late afternoon immediately cut off exit routes for some residents, a sign of the intensity of blazes erupting in tinder-dry bush.